Hide & Seek with God

Hide and Seek with God

1. As a child I enjoyed playing the games. (Catch, Throwing things, Wrestling, etc)

2. One I enjoyed a lot was, “Hide and seek”.

3. Hide and seek for adults?

4. Don’t we all need a place to hide?

5. Where do we go when we need to escape? (Alcohol, drugs, vacation, spree?)

God is spoken of Seven times in the book of Psalms as a hiding place.

Ps.17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Ps.27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

Ps.31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Ps.32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Ps.91:1 HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Ps.119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Ps.143:9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

That David made these statements seems kind of odd because he was a real man of war!!! (Goliath, etc)

God trained him in the arts of war!!! (David must have been the first master of Krav Maga)

Ps 18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

Ps 144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

David’s needed a hiding place and his was God!!! (a Sure Refuge, Rock, Fortress, etc.)

What do you do when you are in trouble? Where do you go???

· Physical problem? (health / finances)

· Mental problem?

· Spiritual problem?

Searching for a “hiding place” presupposes at least one of the following concepts:

1- Afraid. (Even Groundless Fear is Still Painful.)

2- Danger. (Self- Sin And Foes)

§ David’s search for a hiding place was serious businesss,

· Saul

· Absalom

3- Inability To Defend Or Overcome Without Help.

4- Foresight That Sees The Storm Coming And Looks For Safety.

5- Prudence To Hide Before The Storm.

And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? Gen3:9 (KJV)

· I invite you to play a game of “Hide and Seek” with me tonight. (1-5?)

· The difference is that we aren’t going to hide from each other or seek each other, we are going to seek the Lord. (Hide and seek God!!!!! In a crowd!!!)

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